Hilary Clinton floated the idea of pursuing a defamation case against former President Donald Trump and Fox News following their remarks referring to allegations of her 2016 campaign had “spied” on Donald Trump.
“Fox leads the charge with accusations against me, counting on their audience to fall for it again,” Clinton said at the New York State Democratic Convention. “And as an aside, they’re getting awfully close to actual malice in their attacks.”
Fox News host Sean Hannity addressed Clinton’s comments during his show and encouraged her to “bring it on.”
“It’s called discovery, and it’s called depositions,” Hannity said. “Bring it on. Malice? Really? It’s called news. Hillary, we invite you to bring it on. It’s from a legal filing we quoted exactly from the filing that was put in federal court.”
On Fox Business Network, Byron York also addressed the possibility of Clinton pursuing a defamation suit against the cable news channel.
“Now, I can’t imagine she would actually sue a publication,” York said. “Can you imagine the discovery in a case like that?” York said.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
